Tales of Fashionable Life: ManœuvringJ. Johnson, 1813 |
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Страница 130 - Thy lisping prattle and thy mincing gait, All thy false mimic fooleries I hate, For thou art Folly's counterfeit, and she Who is right foolish hath the better plea ; Nature's true Idiot I prefer to thee.— CUMBERLAND.
Страница 23 - Will you hear a Spanish lady How she woo'd an English man ? Garments gay and rich as may be, Decked with jewels, had she on ; Of a comely countenance and grace was she. And by birth and parentage of high degree. As his prisoner there he kept her, In his hands her life did lie ; Cupid's bands did tie her faster, By the liking of an eye ; In his courteous company was all...
Страница 23 - Garments gay, as rich as may be, Deck'd with jewels she had on. Of a comely countenance and grace was she, And by birth and parentage of high degree.
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Страница 130 - Why, Affectation, why this mock grimace? Go, silly thing, and hide that simp 'ring face. Thy lisping prattle, and thy mincing gait, All thy false mimic fooleries I hate; For thou art Folly's counterfeit, and she Who is right foolish hath the better plea; Nature's true idiot I prefer to thee. Why that soft languish? Why that drawling tone? Art sick, art sleepy? Get thee...